SynthesisSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung2015
Occupational health of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03517150 (Efficiency of Intraoral Appliance in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Obese Class III), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficiency of Intraoral Appliance in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Obese Class III
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of CPAP and mandibular advancement device treatment in obstructive sleep apnea patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2018Pooled it
- Gender differences in the psychosocial and functional impact of obstructive sleep apnea: findings from the SHINE patient survey.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Article
- Impact of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome severity on quality of life, anxiety disorders, and productivity in an active population.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2025Article
- Health Conditions in Wyoming Miners as Reflected in Wyoming Miner's Hospital Insurance Claims, 2014-2023.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Knowledge and attitude regarding obstructive sleep apnoea among medical and dental practitioners working in North-Eastern Peninsular Malaysia: A comparative cross-sectional study.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Risk of obstructive sleep apnea among health workers: results of a screening in a large Italian University Hospital.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2024Article
- Cognitive complaints mediate the influence of sleep disturbance and state anxiety on subjective well-being and ill-being in adult community volunteers: a cross sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Are the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) domains considered in the obstructive sleep apnea instruments? An integrative review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Review
- Understanding the burden of illness of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea: a qualitative study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- Observational
- Upper Airway Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Self-Reported Outcomes at 24 Months.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2016Article
- Effect of CPAP therapy on job productivity and psychosocial occupational health in patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2015Article
- Brain circuitries involved in sleep disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2015Article
- The public health burden of obstructive sleep apnea.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Review
- The influence of socio-economic status on the severity of obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional observational study.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this systematic literature review was to assess the impact of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) on patients' occupational health.
methodsWe selected 19 studies that dealt with issues related to job performance and productivity, absenteeism, and psychosocial health of patients with OSAS and assessed the risk of bias in their conclusions.
resultsAlthough methodologically rigorous studies are needed to confirm these findings, the results obtained suggest the existence of multiple relationships between OSAS and work limitations of patients (i.e., difficulties maintaining attention, learning new tasks, or performing monotonous tasks). The studies reviewed reached more scientifically consistent conclusions about such patients' risk of taking more days of sick leave or having work disability, particularly if they reported excessive daytime sleepiness. Very few studies have explored the relationship between OSAS and psychosocial occupational health of patients. Thus, there is a need for research to clarify these aspects of occupational medicine.
conclusionsOSAS has numerous effects on patients' occupational health, yet, in general, results should be confirmed by studies with sufficiently large samples in which OSAS is diagnosed with reliable methods and occupational variables are assessed with standardized and validated questionnaires.
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